Bio: PROFILE: General trial practice dedicated to family, juvenile law, criminal defense, personal injury, representation of injured workers; Lawrenceville GA. Small firm committed to great service for our clients.

EDUCATION: Emory University School of Law, Decatur, Georgia, J.D., June 1979; Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Georgia, B.A., cum laude, June 1976; Lakeside High School, Atlanta, Georgia, 1974.

JUDICIAL: Chief Judge, Municipal Court for the City of Sugar Hill; Judge, Municipal Court for the City of Duluth, Judge, City of Berkeley Lake; City of Peachtree Corners

PROFESSIONAL: Gwinnett Chairman’s Club and 1818 Club, Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce

Voted “Best of Gwinnett” 2023-2014 for legal representation, Gwinnett People to Know, Gwinnett Leadership of Women, sponsor and speaker
Selected to Super Lawyers 2021; AV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
Municipal Court Judges Executive Committee, Chair, ICJE Municipal Court Judges Training Council, 2016- 2019, Speaker; Municipal Court Judges seminars, 1990 to present Recipient, President’s Award, and Frost Ward Lifetime Achievement Award 2016,
CMCJ Past President, Council of Municipal Court Judges of Georgia
Past President of Gwinnett County Bar Association
State Bar of Georgia multiple Awards for Gwinnett County Bar Association Newsletter
State Bar of Georgia Award of Merit, Gwinnett County Bar Association, Law Day 2016
State Bar of Georgia; Technology Committee; Bench and Bar Committee
Lawrenceville Kiwanis Club; Past President, Past Lt. Gov, Kiwanis, Dist. 19, Best Division
PUBLISHED ARTICLES: Over 75 articles published:
AOC Municipal Court Judges Bulletin and Newsletter; Gwinnett County Bar Association Newsletter, The Family Law Review, and Georgia Bar Journal; Institute of Continuing Judicial Education and Institute of Continuing Legal Education; Sugarloaf Living Magazine.